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Composed of a chain of some sixty islands generally referred to as the Ryukyu Islands (琉球諸島 Ryūkyū-shotō), Okinawa is located south of Kyūshū and surrounded by the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The islands are generally subdivided into the Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama, and Senkaku groups. Okinawa, the main island of the Okinawa group, is by far the largest both regarding size and population and is the prefecture’s economic, administrative, and cultural centre. Except for the northern portion of the main island, most of the terrain is relatively level. The climate is subtropical, with...

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